Experience v. inexperience

In 2020, when the pandemic started, I was sitting on a vehicle from a stranger in Kuala Lumpur. He picked me up at the Ramada apartments in the Bukit Bintang area and drove me to the EkoCheras mall. There was a new apartment waiting for my next—and last—two weeks in Kuala Lumpur.

The driver was wearing earphones while driving. The car was quiet. He place…